We provide resources to assist our stakeholders in understanding our regulatory role and how we protect the public interest.
As part of its regulatory mandate, PEO establishes, maintains and develops: standards of knowledge and skill; standards of practice for the profession; standards of professional ethics; and promotes public awareness of its role. The following are resources to assist PEO stakeholders--licence holders, applicants, and the public--in understanding their roles and responsibilities and the regulator’s work protecting the public interest.
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Ontario professional engineers are part of a community of more than 87,500 PEO licence and certificate holders committed to enhancing the quality of life, safety and well-being in the province.
As Ontario’s engineering regulator, PEO relies heavily on its volunteers. More than 1,000 professional engineers, engineering interns and non-engineers volunteer their time each year on behalf of the association through their participation.
PEO's mandate, as described in the Professional Engineers Act, is to ensure that the public is protected and that individuals and companies providing engineering services uphold a strict code of professional ethics and conduct.
Frequently Asked Questions
The minimum number of validators required is one. There is no maximum number of validators.
Yes. All applicants must demonstrate the necessary academic and experience requirements before applying. All applicants must have a minimum of 48 months of professional engineering experience, which must be shown when applying through PEO’s competency-based assessment (CBA).
Please email your completed CBA Experience documents (CBA P.Eng. Application Form and CBA Experience Records Form) to [email protected].
You can enroll in the EIT program if you meet any assigned deadlines on your P.Eng. application. To do so, please submit your EIT request to [email protected] for review and processing. Your EIT membership will become active after the EIT annual fee is paid and processed.
We have separate dedicated teams that are equally focused on each process.
No, do not reapply. As of May 15, 2023, PEO no longer requires Canadian experience. This applies to all applicants, regardless of when they applied.
If you applied for a licence before May 15, 2023, you continue the same licensure path that was in place when you applied. PEO will invite you to join the new application process, depending on the stage of your application. For example, current applicants who benefit from the new rules, such as removing Canadian experience, will be notified by PEO if that’s the only missing piece of their application.
Schedule 3 of the Working for Workers Act, 2021 has resulted in amendments to the Fair Access to Regulated Professions and Compulsory Trades Act (FARPACTA), including a provision for the removal of Canadian experience from the overall licensing requirements for certain regulated professions, including professional engineering. The FARPACTA amendments, along with the associated Regulation 261, anticipate that the affected regulatory bodies will require time to implement the needed changes to regulations and licensing procedures to remove Canadian experience requirements or provide a reasonable alternative. All regulated professions to which FARPACTA applies, including PEO, will have until December 2, 2023, to achieve full compliance. Our existing engineering work experience requirements will remain in effect until further notice, while efforts to comply with the new FARPACTA provisions are in progress.
A review of PEO’s licensing process is already underway as part of our longstanding commitment to modernize our approach to professional regulation. Any changes to the engineering work experience requirement will consider a proper balance between PEO’s public protection mandate and the interests of applicants (including those who are internationally trained).
The approved list of changes to By-Law No.1 that were amended on March 22, 2019 and are effective as of May 1, 2019 include:
Fees General (Amended March 22, 2019)
39. (1) As of May 1, 2019, unless otherwise stated, fees including applicable taxes shall be paid on the date specified by the Council. Between March 22, 2019 and May 1, 2019, the fees payable shall remain as set out in this by-law as it read on March 21, 2019.
Licence Fees
(2) An applicant for a licence shall pay an application fee of $360.
(3) A person whose application for a licence has been accepted shall pay a registration fee of $300.
(4) Subject to Section 39(5), a holder of a licence shall pay an annual fee of $265 payable upon registration and on or before each anniversary of registration.
(5) Every Member who has been a President of the association shall be designated as a “Life Member” and is exempt from the requirement to pay the annual fee referred to in Section 39(4). (Amended as of June 22, 2018)
Limited Licence Fees
(6) An applicant for a limited licence shall pay an application fee of $360.
(7) A person whose application for a limited licence has been accepted shall pay a registration fee of $300.
(8) A holder of a limited licence shall pay an annual fee of $265 payable upon registration and on or before each anniversary of registration. However, a former holder of the engineering technology class of limited licence class is not required to pay an additional fee for reissuing the engineering technology class of limited licence.
Provisional Licence Fees
(9) An applicant for a licence who is issued a provisional licence shall pay a registration fee of $300.
Temporary Licence Fees
(10) An applicant for a temporary licence shall pay an application fee of $780.
Engineering Intern Fees
(11) An applicant for a licence shall pay a fee of $90 upon becoming an engineering intern and shall pay an annual fee of $90 on or before each anniversary of becoming an engineering intern.
Reinstatement Fees
(12) A member who resigned from the association shall pay the following fees before their licence may be reinstated:
a. a reinstatement fee of $280;
b. the fees owing by the person to the association at the time the member resigned, if any; and
c. the fees payable for the current year and, if at the time of resignation the member’s annual fee was reduced in accordance with Section 39(14) (Fee Remission), the member shall pay a reduced annual fee of $70.
(13) A person whose licence or limited licence was cancelled for non-payment of fees shall pay the following fees before their licence or limited licence may be reinstated:
a. the fees owing by the person to the association at the time the licence or limited licence was cancelled;
b. the annual fee payable for the current year and, if at the time of cancellation the person’s annual fee was reduced in accordance with Section 39(14) (Fee Remission), the person shall pay a reduced annual fee of $70; and
c. subject to Section d, a reinstatement fee of,
i. $60, if the payments referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) are made in full within 90 days after the cancellation,
ii. $280, if the payments referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) are made in full more than 90 days and within two years after the cancellation, and
iii. $555, if the payments referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) are made in full more than two years after the cancellation;
d. If the person’s fees were reduced in accordance with Section 39(14) (Fee Remission) at the time the licence or limited licence was cancelled, the reinstatement fee referred to in paragraph (c) is as follows:
i. $60, if the payments referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) are made in full within two years after the cancellation, and
ii. $555, if the payments referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) are made in full more than two years after the cancellation.
Fee Remission
(14) The Registrar shall reduce part of the annual fee, to the amount set out in Section 39(15) of a holder of a licence or a limited licence who meets the conditions of Section 41.1 of Regulation 941
(15) The reduced annual fee referred to in Section 39(14) is $70 for licence holders and limited licence holders.
(16) If a person no longer meets the requirements of Section 41.1 of Regulation 941, the person shall immediately pay the following fees:
a. any fees owed to the association;
b. the difference, if any, between the amount required to be paid by the licence or limited licence holder as an annual fee for the current year and the amount required to be paid as an annual fee for a person who pays a reduced fee in accordance with Section 39(15) for that year; and
c. a fee of $60.
Consulting Engineer Fees
(17) A person who applies for designation or re-designation as a consulting engineer shall pay an application fee of $265.
(18) A person who applies for permission to use the term “consulting engineers” shall pay an application fee of $55.
(19) A consulting engineer shall pay a registration fee of $265 for each five-year period of designation.
Certificate of Authorization Fee
(20) A person who applies for a certificate of authorization shall pay an application fee of $400.
(21) A holder of a certificate of authorization shall pay:
a. an annual fee of $400 payable upon acceptance of the application and on or before each anniversary of the acceptance; and
b. for each replaced certificate of authorization, a fee of $60.
Examination Fees
(22) A person shall pay the following fees in relation to examinations, which are non-refundable except for the fee set out in Section e.:
a. For each writing of the Professional Practice Examination, $200;
b. To write the first Technical Examination, $700;
c. To write any subsequent Technical Examination, $200;
d. Upon submission of a thesis, $360;
e. For each writing of an examination required in support of an application for designation as a consulting engineer, $200;
f. An additional fee to write any examination outside of Canada, $180; and
g. To request remarking of any examination, $330.
Seal Fees, Replacement
(23) A person shall pay the following fees for the issuance of a seal:
a. $30 for a rubber seal; and
b. $85 for a metal seal.
The intent of the program remains the same—to provide an incentive to those who graduate from a program accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board to apply for a P.Eng. licence within six months of graduation and participate in PEO’s Engineering Intern (EIT) program; and to encourage international engineering graduates to apply for a P.Eng. licence within six months of their landing in Canada and participate in the EIT program.
Under the previous version of the FCP, fees for the licence application and first year enrolment in the EIT program were immediately waived for eligible candidates. Under the new version of the FCP, all eligible applicants will have the application fees they paid, as well as the fee for the first year of participation in the EIT program (should they have registered for the program), credited towards payment of their registration and initial P.Eng. licence fees when they have been approved for a licence.